Thursday, October 17, 2013

By The Sheer Skin Of Our Teeth

Or by the hairs of our chinny-chin-chin.I am happy to announce that Alise made all A's the first nine weeks of third grade. She ended up with a 94/A - one point from a B - in reading.The story goes something like this: Apparently, Alise had a little wigging out session yesterday when Ms. T, her reading and English teacher, passed out signed papers. She noticed that one of her reading test papers from the week before {she had TWO reading tests the week before} was not in with the rest of her test papers. When she asked Ms. T about it, her teacher explained to the class that they had only taken "half" of that test and when they finished their mystery genre book and completed the worksheet {book report} this week, that would count as an entire test grade on the new nine weeks. I think that's when Alise wigged out. She knew that she needed to make a 100 on the second reading test to make and A. Alise said Ms. T called her up to her desk and told her not to worry, that she had made a 94/A in reading for the first nine weeks. Alise said her friends were asking her why she was crying and she told them they were "tears of joy."In all honesty, I do believe Ms. T spotted A a few one-hundredths of a point because according to my record keeping, she really should have had a B. Even with the rounding. Suffice is to say that Alise and I had another come-to-Jesus meeting {our 100th for the first 9 weeks} and I explained to her that I absolutely could. NOT. go through what we've gone through this first nine weeks. I think we are on the road to recovery.Here's the happy girl with her report card!

There is no rest for the weary. We have six tests this week and a project due on Monday.I just LOVE Third Grade!Alise's teachers sent this home on Tuesday. Do you think they were trying to tell me something?